Nationals are almost here!!

Okay, who's excited? I think Chelsea and Savannah are - they're so excited, their tongues turned blue! I am. Mrs. Powers is! Shaun is VERY excited! He cannot wait! Nick and Steven are! Woo hoo!

Car Wash

Hey Everyone! We are having a car wash on Sunday, April 27 from 9:00 to 1:00 p.m. The money we make for the car wash will not only go to our national team, but will also help Kevin Benjamin raise the $200 he needs for his candicacy. Those of you who volunteered for the car wash should show up at school at 8:35 a.m. on April 27. Bring old clothes. Kevin will be making sandwich signs for students to wear while standing at the entrance of Hart St. and Rt. 140.

Hoping to make at least $200 on this event! Tell everyone you know. $5.00 per car!

Alumni - you're welcome to come get your car washed for $4.00!! Just mention that you are BPA alumni (I'll be there to verify!) and you'll get a discount. I'd love to see you!

Congrats!

I'd like to congratulate all of the students who went to states March 8, 9, and 10! You are all a bunch of bright, energetic, fun students and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole weekend. We've been back for two days now, and I think I just finally recovered! I bet you guys were all fine yesterday - that's because you have youth on your side. :)

I'd like to know what your thoughts were of the weekend. Post your responses here - like: Did your events play out like you thought they would? Did you meet a lot of new friends? Did you like Roller Kingdom? Did you like the food? Was it harder than you thought, or easier? Will you do better next year knowing what you know now?

If you did not make the national team - I know you must be disappointed. I am too because I know many of you worked extremely hard. But hopefully you have another year to give it another go! Take what you learned this year and apply it to next year and hopefully you can make it to Dallas!

To the students who made it to nationals - YEAH, BP! We have a lot to decide in the next couple of weeks - so sit tight and wait for the info from me. In the meantime - reprint your guideline for your event and read it very carefully. We have national deadlines - probably April 1 or 2 where we have to mail out certain items. If you miss this deadline - you won't go to nationals!

A special congrats to Kevin for his bid for national office! He's going to need our whole chapter behind him as he embarks on uncharted territory! Be supportive and let's help get him to office!

Over and out for now....

Brainiacs Welcome!

Congratulations to Amy for winning the prize yesterday! The correct answer was D - 255 characters for a file name.

Let's see who can get today's challenge - it's a little more difficult!

Johnny Depp deposited these items: 21 twenties, 15 tens, 24 fives, 27 ones, 35 halves, 29 quarters, 183 dimes, 392 pennies, and checks for $42.58, $270.16, and $37.02. What was the total deposit?
A. $1,071.15
B. $1,108.17
C. $1,078.73
D. $1,113.73

The question today is open to everyone - BPA members, non-members, alumni, etc.! Correct answers must be posted here - not yelled out or emailed or flown in by paper airplane. :) Good luck!

Trivia, Trivia, Trivia!

Try to answer this question!

1. Document names created in Word can be up to _____ characters in length, including drive letter and any folder names, and may include spaces.
A. 250
B. 25
C. 100
D. 255

Meeting re-cap.....

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year! I'm going to recap some of the things we went over during our last meeting.

All competitors can go to http://www.mabpa.com to get more information about the contests. There's a cover, pin and writing contest where you can win MONEY.

All of you should have printed your guidelines. If you click that link, scroll down near the bottom to find your event. Click on it, print it and become VERY familiar with it!

Judged events - most have to be to me by February 13. The previous date was February 14, but that has changed. Interview Skills, Global Marketing, Presentation Management, and others - if you're unsure, please ask.

Cost of states: $175.00. This will be due the Tuesday we return from winter break. You can pay sooner - checks should be made payable to BP-BPA. I will be writing a letter to your parents and enclosing permission slips, etc.

Valentine flower sale will begin on January 28! Still waiting to hear a price on the flowers - I should have the price this week.

I'll be staying after school on Wednesday's if you need me. Let me know a day beforehand, just so I can make sure my schedule is cleared, okay? But I'm trying to leave Wednesday's open, barring the unavoidable meeting or two!

Go Pats!

OH MY GOODNESS!

Judged projects are due right after February vacation! That's only two months! Hope you're starting to work on Global Marketing, Interview Skills, Entrepreneurship, Economic Research Projects, Presentation Management Team and Individual, and any other judged event is due at that time.

Get crackin!

Alumni - any tips for the students to meet their deadlines?